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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-163-#07
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1967-08-28, HLS Butorovich to Merton, 'I send this quick. I know you would probably not hear so I am writing. I have a'
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- 1967 August 28 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
Name of creator
(1950-)
Biographical history
Suzanne Butorovich was a high school student from Campbell, California. This is one of the longest know series of correspondence he had with a young person. Merton had dinner with her and her family while visiting California on October 3, 1968.
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First lines: "I send this quick. I know you would probably not hear so I am writing. I have a feeling that"... Contents index: [attaches newspaper article about the death of Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles] worries that the Beatles will either "break up or tighten up" - distressed about Ringo Starr naming his baby Jason / asks for a Mass for Brian Epstein / seeing Ravi Shankar in Los Angeles.
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- anglų
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Butorovich, Suzanne